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WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF
THE BRICKHILLS & STOKE HAMMOND
All Saints, Bow Brickhill
St Mary the Virgin, Great Brickhill
St Mary Magdalene, Little Brickhill
St Luke, Stoke Hammond
For information re the individual churches, click on the church name above, or on the photo below
For general information for all the Benefice, cliick on the Menu bar (3 horizontal lines) above
Older information has been archived and can be found in the "Archive" section at the bottom of the Menu list
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Bow Brickhill
All Saints Church
Church Road
Bow Brickhill
Milton Keynes MK17 9LQ
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Great Brickhill
St Mary the Virgin Church
Lower Way
Great Brickhill
Milton Keynes, MK17 9AE
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Little Brickhill
St Mary Magdalene Church
Watling Street
Little Brickhill
Milton Keynes, MK17 9NA
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Stoke Hammond
St Lukes Church
Church Road
Stoke Hammond
Milton Keynes, MK17 9BP
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BOW BRICKHILL
NEWS
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GREAT BRICKHILL
NEWS
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
To view a photo presentation of the Christmas services:-
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CONFIRMATION SERVICE
To view a photo presentation of the Confirmation Service held on Sunday 4th January:-
Click Here
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LITTLE BRICKHILL
NEWS
SERVICE CANCELLED
Due to a problem with the church heating, the Family Service on Sunday 25th January has been cancelled
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STOKE HAMMOND
NEWS
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DAILY MESSAGE
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BENEFICE
SERVICE INFORMATION
** CHURCH SERVICES **
The services across the Benefice follow a four month cycle.
Click on the relevant link below for a current PDF file of the services for:- January (updated 15/1) February
SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:-
The services in the Benefice on 25th January, the Third Sunday of Epiphany, are:-
9.30 (Stoke Hammond) Holy Communion
11.00 (Bow Brickhill) Taize Service
N.B. The Family Service at Little Brickhill has been cancelled due to a problem with the church heating
To download a PDF with full details for the current month's services and readings:- Click Here
The Bible readings for Sunday, 25th January:-
Isaiah 9: 1 - 4; 1 Corinthians 1: 10 - 18; Matthew 4: 12 - 23
LATEST "PATHWAYS" EDITION:
The Summer 2025 edition of Pathways, the magazine for the people of the Diocese of Oxford, is now available. To download the latest copy of Pathways:- Click Here
VACANCY / RECRUITMENT OF NEW RECTOR:
Due to legal reasons, the formal recruitment process for a new Rector can only commence on Monday 11th May, the day after Revd John Waller officially retires. A team of representatives from across the Benefice will be drawing up the Parish Profile and working hard to ensure that everything is in order to advertise the vacancy at the earliest opportunity. If the post is filled from the first round of applications, a realistic time for the new Rector to start would be October. Revd John Waller's final service will be Benefice Holy Communion at Great Brickhill on Sunday 26th April at 11am followed by a Bring and Share lunch in the church.
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RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER
January 2026
Dear Friends,
Knowing What We Need
As you look ahead to the New Year, do you expect that you will deal with all its challenges alone, or do you expect that you will need help from others? How do you feel about the idea of needing help, and not being able to cope with everything on your own?
Much in our culture encourages us to appear as if we are self-sufficient, and that we can cope with everything on our own. But that is not the reality, because we actually live by what is sometimes called mutual interdependence.
In other words, we accept the responsibilities that we have, and try to deal with them to the best of our ability. We help and support others when we can, while also understanding that we will need help from others at times, and it is alright to accept help when we need it.
The Christian life includes this acceptance that God has made us to need each other, and that we are called to work together for the good of all. And that above all we need God’s help, in every part of our lives.
One of the well-known sayings of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount is “Blessed are the pure in heart”, but one Bible translation puts it in a different way:
Happy are those who know their need of God.
Revd John Waller
A personal note:
I have recently announced to our churches that I will be retiring from full time ministry at the end of April. After that I will be moving to Worcester to live closer to my family and friends.
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